“Well, how am I supposed to say no to that,” he grinned, not at all offended that I didn’t like his shoes. In fact, I hated them. I knew he got them from home, and that made it even worse. The fact that those were the best shoes he chose to take with him. I couldn’t wait until the day I saw his parents. I would make them cry harder than they ever had before. Not because I planned on laying a hand on them. No, I would simply use my powers on them. I was mentally rubbing my hands and cackling with delight at the thought.
The cafe we’d picked out was only a five-minute walk from the motel we were staying at, preferring that over a hotel for an easier escape route. We walked back, hand in hand, alert to our surroundings.
Niam didn’t seem to like being out in the open without our familiars near, so he’d called them. We knew they were with us even though we couldn’t see them. How they moved around people, we had no idea. We had to stay alert and that meant our invisible familiars had to deal with people themselves.
When we reached our motel room, we dismissed our familiars and walked in. We’d dumped our stuff there before going to breakfast, so everything was ready for us when we came inside. The yellow wallpaperwas likely not yellow, but white, a nicotine layer coating the outside. The red carpet was a choice. Either too many murders happened, or there was a sale on red wall to wall carpet, no other options existed, it was one or the other.
“God, I can’t wait to have a real shower,” Niam said, looking through our stuff for clean clothes. I couldn’t either. We hadn’t cleaned up,trulycleaned up, after the mages had attacked, and even though life on the road was like that, I still preferred to always smell fantastic for my bonded. I wasn’t about to be cockblocked for smelling like ass. No thank you.
“We might as well use your favorite soap,” I said, handing him the cotton candy scented one. He smiled as he grabbed it, clearly feeling even more excited now. I loved how easy it was to make him happy. Niam wasn’t a difficult guy, just some love and attention to his wants and needs and he bloomed so prettily.
He winked at me and headed for the bathroom, saying casually over his shoulder, “Want to help me save water?”
Chapter 23
Niam
I was all for helping out the environment, and it seemed Xarius was, too. We both rushed out of our clothes and met under the warm water in the too-small-for-two-men shower. I’d had this hunger under my skin ever since we kissed for the first time. A hunger only he could help me with. I was totally fine with being addicted to my bonded, to his touch, his kisses, and, of course, to his cock. I would have him multiple times a day if it were possible. For now, I had to be happy with a few stolen moments here and there.
“Mmm,you taste so good,” he rasped, licking a line down my neck, nibbling at my shoulder and then returning to my neck. I bared my throat to him, surrendering my body as I leaned back against his front. He held me close, like he always did, reassuring my body and mind that I was no longer alone.
“I want you to fuck me,” I whispered, needing to experience it again. We hadn’t had sex since our first time together, and we had no idea when we would get the chance again.
He didn’t answer but reached his hand between my butt cheeks. “I’ll need to go grab the lube,” he whispered, but he still didn’t move away.
“Don’t need it. We can make an oil together.” I held my hands out like a bowl in front of me, filling it with water. “Add coconut oil or whatever oil you can make with your earth magic.
“I can make all of them,” he replied, holding his hands around mine. Our magic worked together and we were left with a very liquid version of coconut oil. He created a bowl out of stone and helped me transfer the concoction into it. We placed it on a shelf and then he scooped out a healthy amount before reaching for my hole.
I arched my back further, spreading my legs as I bent over and opened myself up to him. He teased me open with his finger, slowly.
“Give me two,” I ordered, pushing back against him.
“Are you sure? I don’t want to-”
“Yes!” I interrupted. He inserted another finger and I removed the sting with my magic, confirming that I could take pain away, too.Perfect. “Three.”
“Three?! I just got started!”
“Trust me,” I begged. I needed to know for sure before telling him. He inserted another finger and the sting came and went. I moaned. This changed everything for us. We could have all the sex, when clean enough to do so. We didn’t have to worry about prep. I would need to use magic all the time to keep my pain down during and after, but it was worth it. We lived a dangerous life now, and I wasn’t about to lose out on having my bonded’s cock inside of me every chance I got.
“Need your cock,” I begged. “Feel no pain. Can. Control it.” I stammered out the last part as he circled his fingers inside of me, hitting the spot perfectly.
“I can feel that,” he whispered, almost like he was in awe. “It’s intoxicating feeling what you feel, baby. I can feel just how much pleasure I’m giving you. I can’t wait to feel how much you love taking my cock.” Then he removed his fingers and breached me. I had the pain under control, the feeling I got was all pleasure. We groaned as he worked himself further into me, neither of us caring about how rough he was, knowing I could take it. It sounded like his powers were evolving, too, being able to feel what I felt and not just sense emotions.
I placed both hands against the tiles while his hands held firmly onto my hips. He thrust into me with abandon, slapping our skin together as we shared my pleasure, as he made my pleasure his own. It was glorious. He felt everything I did, making me see stars behind my closed lids as he fucked me so perfectly my legs threatened to weaken under me. If it wasn’t for the shower wall and his tight grip on me, I would’ve fallen down, too shaken up with pleasure to do anything else than just exist and take it.
He groaned into my neck, his hips shaking as he came inside of me. I carefully removed one hand off the tiles and moved it to my dick, wanting to come so badly, too. Before I’d made contact, I was turnedaround and then Xari was there, on his knees, swallowing my dick, groaning loudly as he took all of me down his throat. I felt his cum leak out of my used hole as he held my hips firmly, all while sucking my orgasm out of me. It peaked and I shouted his name, falling down, knowing he would catch me. The only thing I was sure to hold on to was my magic. I didn’t want this to end in pain, so I let Xari take care of me while I focused on that.
With my eyes closed, he washed my body and hair, holding me up while doing so. He stepped out with me in his arms and gently let me down to stand on the ground where we’d put a towel before getting in the shower.
He dried me off with a big fluffy towel, much nicer than the previous motel had, and while he did his thing, I thought about how much easier my life would’ve been, had I met him before we were shunned. There was the five-year age gap between us, but maybe we could’ve been friends and when I was an adult it could’ve turned into more. Just to have a friend would’ve been nice, but then I remembered that I was thirteen when he got shunned, and back then I still had friends. In the time he’d been here on Sutiner waiting for me, I’d been a world away, no friends, and no loving family. I hatedthe council of mages even more when I realized that they’d not only stolen him from me, they’d done it knowingly. Yes, they likely didn’t know who our soulmatches were, but still. They knowingly kept us away from one another, all because of power.
“We’ll get our revenge,” Xari said, his tone soothing my spiking anger. I loved that he could read my emotions. It meant I didn’t have to always explain them. He was getting better at it, too, already knowing I was angry at the council and wanting revenge.
“I just wished we’d known each other earlier,” I admitted and stepped away from him now that I was dry enough. “I feel like they robbed us of that.”
He shook his head and smiled softly. “Baby, we wouldn’t have known we were soulmatches until you turned eighteen, and we met shortly after that. This pull between us wouldn’t have been there then.”
